POST CONFERENCE TRAINING IN SEXUALITY

A two-week training on sexuality (conducted in the Spanish language) will be held from July 2 to July 13.It will be offered by Cayetano Heredia University School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Latin American Center for Sexuality and Human Rights (CLAM, State University of Rio de Janeiro) and the National Sexuality Resource Center (NSRC, San FranciscoStateUniversity).

During the training, well-established academics from the region will cover a variety of contemporary topics related to sexuality and sexuality research. Participants will also receive guidance in the development of their own research projects.

The course registration fee is US$ 600 ( hundred dollars of the United States of America )

A more detailed description of the training will be available on January 20, 2007.

Persons interested in participating should also register for the IASSCS conference. It is necessary to submit an abstract for a paper or a poster presentation. Participants from Latin America and the Caribbean, South and South-East Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East may apply for scholarships/fellowships.

For participation in the post-conference training, scholars interested should submit the following:

1. CV
2. Personal Letter . A 500-word letter of application describing your career/studies, how your career/studies specifically relate to sexual rights, why you would like to participate in the conference and the two-week training, and how that participation will play a role in your career/studies
3. Research proposal outline. An outline of a research proposal you would like to work on during the Training. This research project needs to be in its early stages of development at the time of the Training. Your research also needs to be qualitative in nature. Please include the purpose of your research (i.e. PhD proposal, journal article, magazine article, etc.). Proposal profile must be redacted in four or five pages not considering bibliography reference information; half space paragraph, typography size 12.

Selection will be based on solid and original work of the applicant, as well as publications, fieldwork, or long-standing involvement on topics relevant to sexual rights movements. Applications from a variety of professional fields and institutional backgrounds are welcome. Individuals from Latin America are encouraged to submit applications.